: In ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’, the hopes and dreams of young Indians #IndiaNEWS A Night of Knowing Nothing is a thought-provoking chronicle of what was and what could have been. Payal Kapadia’s

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In ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’, the hopes and dreams of young Indians #IndiaNEWS
A Night of Knowing Nothing is a thought-provoking chronicle of what was and what could have been. Payal Kapadia’s latest project begins at the Film and Television Institute of India, travels outwards and loops back to the Pune institute, mapping a journey of youthful idealism congealing into nightmarish reality.This journey is reflected in the film’s formal approach, with poetic impressions of campus life giving way to the brittle texture of the activist documentary. The reverie, marked by camaraderie and hope, is harshly interrupted by an external event that portends trouble not just for the FTII students but also their peers across the country.The absorbing film was shot over over a five-year period, beginning in 2015, when FTII students erupted in anger over the appointment of television actor Gajendra Chauhan as the chairperson of the prestigious school. The agitation was followed by movements at the Hyderabad Central University after the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula and protests at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia colleges in Delhi over the proposed Citizenship Amendment Act.The film captures the revolutionary ferment at the colleges as well as the deceptive lull before the storm at FTII. A fictional character known only as “L� writes letters to her...Read more

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